Commodities

Commodities | 23 Feb 16

The newly-reappointed head of the IMF has called on Gulf countries to re-engineer their tax systems and consider greater use of corporate income taxes, as well as property and excise taxes to bolster government revenues in the face of lower oil prices.

Commodities | 19 Feb 16

The impact of lower oil prices has caused ratings agency Moody’s to revise down its economic outlook for Saudi Arabia, in a week which saw rival agency Standard and Poor’s announce a two-notch downgrade of the country’s sovereign ratings.

Commodities | 17 Feb 16

Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) is to launch its Old Mutual Gold and Silver Fund next month.

Commodities | 27 Jan 16

Sometimes in global financial markets, change can be brutal as the market adjusts to a completely new reality. The second half of 2014 was one of these periods and witnessed the beginning of what would become one of the largest declines in global oil prices on record.

Commodities | 19 Jan 16

The sustained slide in prices puts several EM commodity exporters at risk for political and social instability, said a senior economist at Axa Investment Managers.